Often the hardest thing is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn – David Russel
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 29th, 2008
The just concluded soccer fiesta in Tinapa, Nigeria marked a wonderful beginning for soccer in the country. It featured English Premier League and UEFA Champions League winners, Manchester United FC; English FA Cup winner, Portsmouth FC; Nigeria’s Super Eagles and one of the 20 teams in the Globacom Premier League.
The event, the first of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 29th, 2008
IF a leader could surrender his life for the interests of his people, he deserves to be honoured. If a leader could forego the comfort of his home, family and of friends or acquaintances to suffer humiliation in the land of his birth, for the freedom of his race, his name must be written in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 27th, 2008
No one ever expected Chief Moshood Abiola to spend one night in prison not to talk of four years. What had started like a poor joke was already turning into a terrible dream, and we all seemed helpless. At the height of our acute frustration, one of my good friends, Ike Okonta, a most distinguished [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 24th, 2008
Rebels from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta deny taking millions of dollars from Nigeria’s national oil company. The allegation was made after Abubakar Yar’Adua, the head of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, told a national assembly committee that rebels had asked for a six million dollar monthly fee to refrain from [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 23rd, 2008
The UN said the political parties in Zimbabwe have reached a consensus on holding crisis talks. UN Zimbabwe representative, Haile Menkerios, said President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai have settled on a draft agreement, which he described as “a first step”. It is hoped the agreement will be signed in the next 24 [...]
Posted in Africa on Jul 7th, 2008
The Nigerian political scene cannot be written without mention of chief Moshood Abiola, who won the the june 12 1993 democratic elections, elections annuled by the military. A year later he was arrested by the military. That he died in mysterious circumstances while in goverment custody is not news but would the Abiola presidency have been good for [...]
Posted in Africa on Jul 4th, 2008
In 2004, Wangari Maathai from Kenya became the first African woman to win the Nobel peace prize for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.
HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT WILL CONTINUED CONFLICT IN AFRICA HAVE ON THE ENVIRONMENT?
There is no doubt that many of the conflicts are over resources, access to these resources and [...]
Posted in Africa on Jul 2nd, 2008
Aid agencies and NGOs in South Africa say refugees and migrants in the country do not have adequate access to health care services. Reports say immigrants are systematically pushed to the back of hospital clinics, in preference to locals. According to Treatment Action Campaign, the hardest hit are immigrants living with HIV who are in [...]
Posted in Africa on Jul 2nd, 2008
African leaders at an African union summit in Egypt have called for a government of national unity in Zimbabwe. The leaders made the resolution to encourage Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe to share power with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. The leaders of Botswana and Kenya spoke out against the Zimbabwean election process, but most African countries [...]
